John Avon is Magic’s Master of Mana, Baron of Basics, and Lord of Lands. He’s illustrated fully 7% of all basic land arts ever printed, and among them are many of the most iconic basics of all time. We share our pick for #1 Avon basic land art for each type, and talk about what makes Avon’s art so effective.

• All the land panoramas: https://imgur.com/a/MNZrN (scryfall version: https://scryfall.com/search?q=e%3Dchk+t%3Dbasic+order%3Aset+%2B%2B)
• All John Avon basics, in order of release: https://scryfall.com/search?q=a%3Aavon+t%3Aland+t%3Abasic+Unique%3Aart+order%3Areleased+dir%3Aasc+prefer%3Aoldest&order=released&dir=asc 

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Plains

• 2:36 - Austin’s pick: scryfall.com/card/7ed/344/plains
• 4:54 - Austin’s runner-up: scryfall.com/card/pmps07/1/ja
• 5:20 - Connor’s pick: scryfall.com/card/kld/250/plains

Island

• 8:10 - Connor’s pick: scryfall.com/card/ust/213/island
• 10:50 - Austin’s pick: scryfall.com/card/inv/336/island
• 13:54 - Austin’s runner-up: scryfall.com/card/unh/137/island

Swamp

• 15:30 - Austin’s pick: scryfall.com/card/pal06/3/swamp
• 19:00 - Austin’s runner-up: scryfall.com/card/unh/138/swamp
• 19:27 - Connor’s pick: scryfall.com/card/m15/258/swamp
• 22:06 - Connor’s runner-up: scryfall.com/card/ust/214/swamp

Mountain

• 22:51 - Connor’s pick: scryfall.com/card/chk/300/mountain 
• 25:23 - Connor’s runner-up: scryfall.com/card/chk/301/mountain
• 26:10 - Austin’s runner-up: scryfall.com/card/chk/302/mountain
• 27:51 - Austin’s pick: scryfall.com/card/mir/346/mountain

Forest

• 30:22 - Austin’s pick: scryfall.com/card/ons/349/forest 
• 33:47 - Austin’s runner-up: scryfall.com/card/unh/140/forest 
• 34:33 - Connor’s pick: scryfall.com/card/ons/347/forest

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 2:27 - Hey, by Ikson
• 38:01 - Sahara, by Ikson

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